Objective:

To use my more than 17 years as a professional game software engineer to create innovative, high quality, and fun games.

Skills

• Languages: C, C++, Basic, HLSL, C#, Lua, HTML, Objective-C, Assembly.
• Software: Visual Studio, Codewarrior, Perforce, ProDG, Photoshop, some experience with 3DS Max and Maya.
• Hardware: Xbox 360, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP, Vita, Wii, 3DS, Kinect.
• SDK: Steam SDK, Unreal Engine 4, and Some Experience With Unity 3D.
• Other: Familiar with Sony’s TRCs, Microsoft’s TCRs, and Nintendo’s Lot Checks.

Work Experience

Sep, 2005 – Present FarSight Studios, Inc. Big Bear Lake, CA

Lead Programmer/Sr. Programmer

• Implemented gameplay on multiple games.
• Developed Pinball Framework used in Pinball Arcade. Framework allows easy and fast development of tables.
• Improved in-house engine.
• Improvements and updates to in-house tools. Created new tools when necessary.
• Developed game framework used in current projects. Framework consists of api's for physics, collision detection, actor handling and other game features.
• Implemented UI on multiple titles.
• Implemented Kinect control system.
• Implemented Xbox 360 Avatars.
• Dealing with Technical Requirements of each hardware platform for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
• Implemented simple AI systems.
• Implemented simulations for baseball and football games.
• Manage Jr. Programmers and assign tasks.
• Interview and train new hires.

Titles as Lead Programmer

• The Party Arcade (Switch) Launching this year. Developed in Unreal Engine 4
• Stern Pinball Arcade (Gear VR, PC, Coming Soon on Oculus Rift)
• Pinball Arcade (PC, MAC, iOS, Android, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, PS Vita)
• Game Party In Motion (Xbox 360 Kinect)
• Game Party 3 (Wii)
• Game Party 2 (Wii)
• Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (Wii)
• Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (Xbox 360, PS3)
• Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (3DS)
• Jibbi (Play TV)
• Skateboarding (Play TV)

Titles shipped as Sr. Programmer

• Backyard Baseball 2010 (Wii, PS2, PC)
• Backyard Football 2010 (Wii, PS2, PC)
• Backyard Baseball 2009 (Wii, PC)
• Backyard Football 2009 (Wii, PS2, PC)
• Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (PS2, PSP, Wii)
• Backyard Football (Wii, DS, PS2, PC)
• Hard Rock Casino (PS2)
• Scarface: Money, Power, Respect. (PSP)

Mar, 2001 – July, 2005 Sony Computer Entertainment Of America Foster City, CA

Software Engineer

• Co-Developed a new concept for an On-Screen Keyboard, which is Patented. http://www.google.sc/patents/WO2004063918A2
• Startup CD for release with Network Adaptor.
• Worked on Native Broadband Navigator (NBN). A cross style menu system and media applications.
• Worked on the NBN for PlayStation® 2 HDD and 64MB Memory Card and a version of the NBN for the PSX that shipped in Japan.
• Worked on framework components. Memory card, remote control, texture, network, and UI component libraries are some examples.

Oct, 2000 – Jan, 2001 Osiris Studios, Inc. Santa Cruz, CA

Jr. Game Programmer

• Reported to lead programmer.
• Big Wave Surfing (Unpublished) for PlayStation® 2.
• Created Databases, Particle System, HUD, Some 3D graphics work.

Education

1998 – 2000 American College of Computer And Information Sciences

Birmingham, AL

Computer Science

GPA 3.67